Dermodes mites out of bounds
On arrival the vet prodded and poked every part of her mouth and jaw. Nothing. He thought an ear infection might cause jaw pain and took a look. No infection. Then he looked at the red spot, scraped it, and found dermodes mites which live symbiotically and should not cause any problems other than occasionally in puppies. Since Ellie is over 7 years old the vet says it's an immune issue. So it was off to draw blood to test for thyroid, chusings, and liver enzymes. Ellie hasn't shown a single symptom of thyroid or chushings. We will know more on Friday. The last time I received news of elevated liver enzymes, my beloved boy Oliver was at the bridge 5 days later. Has anyone else had Dermodes mites go wild without an immune issue? |
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| The Ellie saga continues. Blood tests show she is low normal on thyroid but has absolutely no physical symptoms. The rest of her blood test shows perfect readings across the board. After two weeks of treatment the dermodes mites didn't clear up, so the vet decided to treat the thyroid to see if it would bring her immune system back in line so she could help fight the mites. We are now one month into treatment and the mite area is clearing. We go next week for another blood draw to see how the thyroid levels look. Then the vet will decide if she should remain on meds. I'm thinking we will have this bump in the road behind us soon and Miss Ellie will return to the healthy girl she has always been. I know better than to think this way. Several weeks ago, one of the three started having urinary problems, usually at night a large amount of urine would be left on one of the beds. Since they all hop from bed to bed during the night, I couldn't pin point the culprit. Saturday after a long run at the dog park the gang went outside to lay on the shaded concrete to cool off. Miss Ellie was sound in sleep and I noticed the wet spot, at least 2-3 ounces of urine running down the concrete. So back to the vet this morning. He has subscribed DES on a weekly basis to build her estrogen level giving her better control over the muscle controling the release of urine. I'm old enough to remember hearing about women that were prescribed DES in the 50's and 60's and the issues associated. Vet say's it's a very low dose. I'm still concerned! Anyone else use DES for their middle age girls? |
| Glacier is on Proin. It is working very well. One side effect of leaky older girls is they are more prone to UTIs. Glacier has another. If it hadn't been for a different test, we would have not known, no symptoms. So if you didn't get a urine test at the leaky bladder visit, do so. It might be more than older girl symptom. As for the d+++ mites. In older dogs it is very, very difficult to eliminate. Could the ear mites have gotten further in and causing some dizziness? Also what about changing food? Or could this be just summer related? My guys don't eat as much when it is hot. Does she show interest in anything else......food related? Do you feed probiotics? |
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